Where: Fukui, Japan (36.2° N, 136.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 139.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Yambara Formation (Tetori Group), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: I. Hayami. 1975. A systematic survey of the Mesozoic Bivalvia from Japan. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Bulletin (10) [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40159: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 19.06.2004

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